Cross Country Road Trip

Morning sunlight filters through the darkness
a quiet like no other in the cool mist of dawn
yearning for a cup of hot coffee and a donut

covered with sticky glaze

a ritual on this road trip through several states
miles on the odometer tick off in hundreds
with names like Fangboner and Des Moines.

Best Western and La Quinta

reliable sleeping arrangements
any place to lay our heads
after a fourteen hour marathon.

Pictures of farmlands and cityscapes

showing different state landscapes
birds changing the further east we go
sparrows then blue jays now red wing black birds.

After we arrive at our destination we will

chart a different course to go back home.